February 23rd, 1867

Born on February 23rd, 1867

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 58,000 days old!

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What happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium.

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 1725

Johann Sebastian Bach premiered his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

February 23rd, 1725

J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

February 23rd, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

February 23rd, 2019

Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Same year
Born in 1867

57

Franz Boll

German classical scholar and historian of astrology (1867–1924)

*July 1st, 1867, Rothenburg ob der Tauber †July 3rd, 1924, Heidelberg

66

Marie Curie

Polish and French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)

*November 7th, 1867, Warsaw †July 4th, 1934, Sancellemoz

69

Luigi Pirandello

Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1867-1936)

*June 28th, 1867, Agrigento †December 10th, 1936, Rome

65

John Galsworthy

English novelist and playwright (1867–1933)

*August 14th, 1867, Kingston upon Thames †January 31st, 1933, London

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

83

Charles Koechlin

French composer, teacher and writer on music (1867-1950)

*November 27th, 1867, 16th arrondissement of Paris †December 31st, 1950, Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer

58

Władysław Reymont

Polish novelist (1867-1925)

*May 7th, 1867, Kobiele Wielkie †December 5th, 1925, Warsaw

65

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.

American theatrical impresario (1867–1932)

*March 21st, 1867, Chicago †July 22nd, 1932, Hollywood

79

Miguel Abadía Méndez

President of Colombia (1867-1947)

*July 5th, 1867, Coello †May 9th, 1947, Bogotá

75

Violet Vanbrugh

British actress (1867-1942)

*June 11th, 1867, Exeter †November 10th, 1942, London

65

Boni de Castellane

French noble and politician (1867-1932)

*February 14th, 1867, 7th arrondissement of Paris †October 20th, 1932, Paris

48

Charles Klein

British-American playwright and actor

*January 7th, 1867, New York City †May 7th, 1915, Atlantic Ocean

85

Léon Xanrof

French playwright and songwriter

*December 9th, 1867, 18th arrondissement of Paris †May 17th, 1953, Paris

80

Stanley Baldwin

British statesman (1867–1947)

*August 3rd, 1867, Bewdley †December 14th, 1947, Bewdley

74

Lew Fields

American actor, comedian, vaudeville star, theatre manager, and producer (1867-1941)

*January 1st, 1867, Beverly Hills †July 20th, 1941, Beverly Hills

77

Käthe Kollwitz

German printmaker and sculptor (1867–1945)

*July 8th, 1867, Königsberg †April 22nd, 1945, Moritzburg

49

Rubén Darío

Nicaraguan poet, journalist, writer, and diplomat

*January 18th, 1867, Ciudad Darío †February 6th, 1916, León

60

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Spanish author (1867-1928)

*January 29th, 1867, Valencia †January 28th, 1928, Menton

74

Chris Watson

Australian politician, third Prime Minister of Australia (1867-1941)

*April 9th, 1867, Valparaíso †November 18th, 1941, Sydney

54

Walther Rathenau

German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922)

*September 29th, 1867, Berlin †June 24th, 1922, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1867 is a normal year and no leap year.

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